Efficacy of tumescent local anesthesia with variable lidocaine concentration in 3430 consecutive cases of liposuction

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 988-994

  Habbema, Louis ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

lidocaine; lidocaine concentration; liposuction; local anesthesia; super tumescence; tumescent local anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; LIDOCAINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951904631     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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